Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-05

al ~Ea. t,art OF rns uuuulng nIr Grady might
b. found. They simply pointed with jeweled
fursfingers in the direction tIr were looking,
AMI resumed their orisons. .he ELEVATOR boy
was startled when told tina. | wished TO be set
down on Mr.. Grady's floor He evidently
considered me rash At the second floor We
took on several compositorS. | knew they
were oompoeitors, because they were careless
in raiment and bore themselves as men who
carry the earth in II typeStick.
Il remarked 10 one of them that wished to
see Mr.. Grady
Rather it was YOU than me, he replied.
with a sympathy that was little puzzling to
me then. 1t didn't puzzle me ten minutes
later
"On reaching the third floor the elevator
boy pointed ms silently down n spacious hall
lined with rare plants and adorned here and
there with costly works Of art in bronze and
marble. At the further end was a massive
door of carved oak. In the center of the
middle panel was round hole about the size
of a half dollar and just below this silver
bell pull | gave the knob twist and in a
moment r mellow tenor voice was heard
through the opening asking who was there. |
told my nanIr ami business
Beg PARTON for standing YOU off, said
the owner Of the voice. opening the door. i
thought You Were congressman; were 50
pestered with 'em here
Il entered q luZuriouSly appointed ante
room and confronted a handsome young man
wearing apricelesS diamond ring and deli
cate bang.
"'Wait here until | seek the Presence he
said, solemnly. and disappeared through an
inner door.
"By this time nerve was rs scarce about my
person as the price of board.
Presently the handsome young man re-
turned and said. He will see Won
IL followed him and found myself in Mr.
Grady's audience chamber 1t was furnished
with oriental splendor. There were four per-
sons in the room-the governor Of the state, a
United States senator, a astenographer and the
man was seeking The great journalist was
seated on n rich divan. debating to the stem
ographer, while the Others hung breathleSsly
upon his words. took him 10 be about 40
years old. He is thicksct and has the appear
ance of n man whose stomach never gets left,
if lie knows it. His head is round and COW
cred with short growth of black hair, bis
face sallow, smooth shaven and lighted by a
is well modulated, but penetrating 1t went
through me like a knitting needle and stuck
in the wall beyond.
Tell him. lie said TO the shorthand man,
Il have my eye upon you, and If Gordon does
not get q majority of the delegation from
your county-Well, sir suddenly discovering
me, what do you wanrf
"'l thought Uucle Remus was here STAN
mered out Nothing else occurred to me-
was paralyzed
You'll find him down at Miss Sally's,'
replied Mr.. Grady, and somehow in about a
minute found myself on the pavement out
side
Everybody in Atlanta seems to regard
Mr.. Grady as the greatest product Of
Georgia, and the awful reverence with which
be is treated is not confined to the employees
Of The Constitution He is the king bee in
that jug town and beyond all compare is the
most overpowering journalistic magnate
eS Ser encountered. Memphis Avalanche.